tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250146312024-03-14T02:16:26.068-05:00LeachLifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger602125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-11258362662516218972011-12-01T20:28:00.000-06:002011-12-01T20:28:57.815-06:00it ain't pretty.....but right now i'm trying out a <a href="http://philippians4four.blogspot.com/">new blog.</a><br />
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it's public.<br />
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and i've been moving some of the project life/photos/craft posts over there.<br />
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but it's taking FORever!!!<br />
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SO.<br />
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it's not a purty blog.<br />
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but i just had to start somewhere.<br />
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so i started.<br />
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<a href="http://philippians4four.blogspot.com/">i hope you'll come and visit me. </a><br />
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and say hi.<br />
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i think i'm back.<br />
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in a new, more reserved, way.<br />
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i don't know where it'll take me. or where i'm going.<br />
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but i'm <a href="http://philippians4four.blogspot.com/">there</a>.<br />
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i didn't want to delete this blog. but it has first names. and last names. and beach vacation photos {ha!} and bathtub photos of our kids.... etc. etc.<br />
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and instead of going back through and editing, etc. i just started fresh.<br />
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new.<br />
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and next time i have those bathtub photos of my babies or whatnot i might post them here. i might not post them at all. but i'll let you know. :)<br />
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thanks for your patience. and support.<br />
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love you all.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-28371167153421083142011-10-30T20:47:00.000-05:002011-10-30T20:47:22.164-05:00over a month ago.....<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXE9cW7xIGvG4zbc2BTy7gKqJPySl_pTbNlVj0NAyek80vq_0rsMWLdy41p3YpebKpvBhzygW_BTMcKEyqJMPIY9WsPgeTeRDkxAfZ-QGmcpW7DtarEPfRQZr3y8DOiKjSrsd/s1600/IMG_2898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTXE9cW7xIGvG4zbc2BTy7gKqJPySl_pTbNlVj0NAyek80vq_0rsMWLdy41p3YpebKpvBhzygW_BTMcKEyqJMPIY9WsPgeTeRDkxAfZ-QGmcpW7DtarEPfRQZr3y8DOiKjSrsd/s640/IMG_2898.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">we went to the<i><span style="font-size: large;"> plano balloon festival.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so fun. kind of chaotic, yes. but fun. it was beautiful weather which made it even more crowded!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so glad we got to go.... we hadn't been <a href="http://leachlife.blogspot.com/2008/09/family-fun.html">since b was a baby</a>. </div><br />
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so. we've moved.<br />
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we have all made the transition to our new house.<br />
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and, it has been a lovely one, albeit a tad chaotic and extremely QUICK.<br />
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our new house might be smaller and older than our old house, but let me tell you how the Lord has seemed to step into the role of Provider in our new house:<br />
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<b>it is home.</b><br />
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already. and i can't really describe that since after two years in our old house, it just never seemed to quite 'fit' us. don't get me wrong, it was a <i>beautiful</i> house. we brought charlotte home in that house. we had christmas parties in that house. we had wonderful neighbors. a pool down the street. we were close to jeff's parents' house. we had space. <i>too</i> much space.<br />
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it was a great house.<br />
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but i never felt quite '<i>settled</i>', if you will. and there was no reason for me not to feel that way, i just didn't.<br />
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and already, after two weeks in our new house, even with boxes still hanging around, nothing on the walls, no draperies hung, i already feel settled. there's something effortless and easy about this house. there is something wonderfully woven in this house to where it is home. to all of us. i don't know this is an attitude change on my part as to what's 'important' or the feeling that this house evokes, nevertheless it is so nice to feel <i>home</i>.<br />
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even this morning, on the way to school, b. told me, "mommy? i really like the new house. it's a nice home." *smile*.<br />
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the Lord has answered our prayers in a huge way when it comes to our kids. life has changed dramatically in the last two 1/2 months, but it hasn't seemed to affect brady or charlotte. praise God.<br />
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i am slowly adjusting to this new pace of life. the Lord has made it completely clear that I will need to seek Him <i>DAILY</i> to make it through this journey in one piece. and He's made it clear that seeking Him does not have to mean sitting down for thirty minutes with my bible. which i'm so thankful for.<br />
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sometimes i'm able to do that. and it's such a blessing.<br />
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but sometimes all i get to do is dwell on memorized scripture.<br />
or sing praise songs in the car.<br />
or pray.<br />
or talk about Noah with brady. {his favorite bible story. of course it is.... }<br />
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i've broken out of the mold. i've been freed of what my walk with the Lord is <i>supposed</i> to look like. and it has been rejuvenating. i've stopped beating myself up when i don't have time to write in my prayer journal. or sit <i>by myself</i>.<br />
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<b>and i'm thankful. </b><br />
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so - onto the pictures! <br />
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i took the kids to the arboretum on monday with some friends. it was beautiful! the day started out foggy which actually was nice and cool, and then the sun came out as soon as we got there. yay!<br />
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<span id="goog_5125688"></span><span id="goog_5125689"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-30514863011545292342011-10-19T11:01:00.000-05:002011-10-19T11:01:52.536-05:00the change.so.<br />
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if you are a friend of mine of facebook - and let's be honest, since going private, if you're reading this you probably are.... then you know.<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/leachfortexas">the change was 'revealed' last night. </a><br />
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for all of social media to see.<br />
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and later on this week, it will be revealed for all of <i>texas</i> to see.<br />
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it's weird.<b> definitely weird.</b><br />
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to see it all coming to life. <br />
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but, at the same time, totally refreshing. to hang it all out there for everyone to see. to be an open book. to stop talking about what's wrong with our country, our state, and start doing something about it.<br />
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yup. <i>refreshing</i> is the right word.<br />
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i've been dying to share with you. how this all came about. what my thoughts are. what the decision process was like. all the ins and outs to it.<br />
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and i will.<br />
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but today i'm going to soak my babies in. and our new home.<br />
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and try to still my heart. {before the rangers play, of course!}<br />
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God is faithful, y'all.<br />
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Oh. So. Faithful.<br />
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and although there is going to be a <i>long</i> road ahead for my precious family, the hubbs and i know that the Lord has called us to this journey.<br />
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<b>and there is peace. </b><br />
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so today, i'm going to leave you with this song.<br />
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a precious hymmn that has comforted my soul in the past two months.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/80s6fWli-Rc?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-7927393181107107782011-10-10T20:12:00.000-05:002011-10-10T20:12:16.165-05:00orange beach. and more of 'the change'.<div style="text-align: center;">this morning i woke up 'full'.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i guess a cup of pumpkin spice coffee will do that for you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we've had a few "big ticket items" looming over us in regard to the change i spoke about last week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">one of those big ticket items is moving.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">yup. we're moving. and it had to happen <i>quickly</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and i was so sure that the Lord would make it happen in MY timing. but, as i was so clearly reminded with each passing day, with each yucky house after the next, His ways are higher than my ways... and His thought higher than my thoughts.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">ugh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i should tell you that i wasn't being picky. i wasn't. in fact, jeff & i had both settled on an unkept house {that could be super cute with a little money and a little love, i might add} because it was down the street from two of our best friends. and when i say that it was unkept... i mean an INCH of insulation in the attic. an overgrown back yard and front yard... a plastic yellow 'chandelier' in the kitchen with white clouds on it. all the interior doors had been 'touched up' with paint that was five shades different than what was actually on the door. {actually, it might have been a totally different color.}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but i was willing. so was jeff.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">my criteria were safety & function. that was it. i'm serious.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and yes, i was a designer for four years before having brady... and yes, i like pretty things, but in this case... the Lord has been teaching me what's <i>TRULY</i> important.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and with the loudness and clarity of this call on our lives, i was willing to sacrifice 'pretty' for His plan.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">anyway... this house fell through. on saturday evening. and it was... to be honest... confusing. i questioned the call on our lives. i didn't understand... i wasn't, i thought, being materialistic. i wasn't trying to get the nicest house out there... i wasn't. so why, would a house that had been on the market for 90 days suddenly be taken off - for no reason - as soon as we go for it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">like i said, His ways are higher than mine.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and boy, did He have a blessing in store for us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so thankful to serve a God who's knowledge is Infinite.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">anyway -------- onto a more blog-friendly topic.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">over a MONTH ago {that's how behind i am} we went to orange beach, alabama with jeff's family.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">just in time for the tropical storm!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we had a great time, though. it was a very very nice change of pace for us... staying in our jammies all day... eating like kings... and doing little bits of nothing all. day. long.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">loved it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">when we were getting off of the plane, the pilots asked brady if he wanted to come and sit down with them. {the hubbs thought they were talking to him at first and got super excited.... then realized they were talking to brady....} </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we made up fun games to play.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this was our version of 'minute to win it'. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">another wave of the storm.... seriously. i can't imagine what HURRICANE force winds would be like. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was opening weekend for college football. yay.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">uncle bubba is a huge 'fighting irish' fan.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">too bad he's had a rough start to the season....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">that's all i have for today. maybe actual BEACH pictures <strike>tomorrow </strike>next week?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy monday.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-50732716027326678932011-09-28T10:58:00.000-05:002011-09-28T10:58:12.940-05:00the change.hi.<br />
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my name is becky.<br />
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and i used to blog.<br />
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wow.<br />
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have you ever been living your life, comfortable & 'happy'... minding your own business... when, seemingly out of nowhere, the Lord calls you to make a change? like, a <i>radical</i>, <b>crazy</b> change? <br />
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yup.<br />
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i hadn't either.<br />
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until about 8 weeks ago.<br />
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and it has rocked. my. world.<br />
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i'm not ready to share details yet, but i am excited about the day that i can let it all out.<br />
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and share about how the Lord has been working in our lives. our marriage. our family.<br />
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in the meantime, <i>the change</i> has been sucking all of the every-day-normalcy out of our life. <br />
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i <i>used to </i>blog.<br />
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i <i>used to</i> craft.<br />
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i <i>used to</i> {mostly} cook dinner.<br />
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i <i>used to</i> take pictures. <br />
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i <i>used to</i> keep up with project life. {sad, but true.}<br />
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but here's the thing...<br />
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<b>this life is temporary. </b><br />
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i LOVE all of those things.<br />
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love. them. <br />
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and i'm so sad that <i>the change</i> has caused me to put those on the back burner <i>for now.</i><br />
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but i know that i'm making the better choice in following HIS will for our lives. HIS work is eternal, not the worldy {but fun} things that make me "happy".<br />
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i've found that, although it's been terribly hard.... frustrating - even - at times, being in the center of HIS will is the most uncomfortably comfortable place to be.<br />
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hard to explain? yes. even harder to live out? absolutely. but it's Truth.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Calling-Seeking-Presence-ebook/dp/B003IYI7I2">have you heard of Jesus Calling by sarah young?</a><br />
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it's been my saving grace the past few weeks. short & sweet but packed with a message daily from the Lord directly to me.<br />
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one of my favorite excerpts, i sent to jeff just yesterday.<br />
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"When your energy fails you, do not look inward and lament the lack you find there. Look to Me and My sufficiency; rejoice in My radiant riches that are abundantly available to help you. Go gently through this day, leaning on Me and enjoying My Presence. Thank Me for your neediness, which is building trust-bonds between us. <strong>If you look back on your journey thus far, you can see that days of extreme weakness have been some of your most precious times</strong>."<br />
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love this. it was such a blessing to me yesterday morning. so thankful for a neighbor at the lake that gave these to a few of us on a visit recently.<br />
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<i>"Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD." Ps 37:14</i> <br />
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i've given myself permission to take some time 'off' during naps today to <i>finally</i> edit pictures of our vacation. yay! so hopefully i'll have those up tonight!<br />
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and project life? don't you worry that i WILL catch up. i've been saving all of my stuff in a box... and it will all be on a new blog. when? i don't know. but it WILL happen. <br />
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i realize that some of you may be 'lost' when i talk about a change in direction in our life. i promise it will all make sense soon. i will share as soon as i'm able.<br />
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and... i took the littles to the lake this weekend to visit with my grandparents.<br />
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it is so dry!<br />
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they have a beach!<br />
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but it was fun... trent & my dad fished... brady and georgia ran in and out of the water.... and georgia went swimming. on purpose! i couldn't believe it! we missed the hubbs terribly, but were glad that we could make it out there for a quick visit!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">y'all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">life has taken a 180 degree turn for jeff & i in the last 7 weeks.... like only life does. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and i've been paralyzed! overwhelmed with all that has come to be on my 'to do' list. and all that is <i>not</i> getting crossed off. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but all the important things are together, right? family. health. sweet friends. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so i try to keep it all in perspective. and that's why the blog has taken such a 'hit' lately. i have so much to say - and so many wonderful pictures to post - but that will have to wait. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">taking a backseat to my 'real life'. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so....................</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">saturday before we went on vacation, we had a 'family' reunion at j's parents' house.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">b. had fun playing the guitar and aunt 'neesie' had fun loving on lil' miss. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">okay - so a while back, j's parents took b. to the circus. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">and he loved it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and darlene dug out this old costume of jeff's from when he dressed as a lion tamer for a play in elementary school...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and this became b's 'high wire' costume...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">here he is with mamaw - the maker of the lion tamer-turned high wire costume.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">doing some tricks... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and here is doing the 'high wire'.... love it. he even sticks out his foot like he's trying to balance....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and his 'ta-da' at the end.... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and just for fun - here's a picture of the hubbs in the costume for his play. isn't he a cutie? </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">and ps- i've always thought that b. favors me - but in this picutre, i think he looks SO much like his handsome daddy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy monday night {or tuesday morning}. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">love all of these new shows starting this week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">too bad that won't be helping my 'to do' list. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-59851158313792644122011-09-07T09:52:00.000-05:002011-09-07T09:52:53.628-05:00random.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HGZ8gCu09AUvyamlK4Ds7gTSCR_PHR66BzNq8kwr_5OSPUmER0Re4Hb8r7U4jFlF9dzMDBNLP08AhcZ6qfFby0tgKi27RBFruiMy02n0h0FS-lViUayCxWOLTDKJ_e_Qg9uU/s1600/IMG_2214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HGZ8gCu09AUvyamlK4Ds7gTSCR_PHR66BzNq8kwr_5OSPUmER0Re4Hb8r7U4jFlF9dzMDBNLP08AhcZ6qfFby0tgKi27RBFruiMy02n0h0FS-lViUayCxWOLTDKJ_e_Qg9uU/s640/IMG_2214.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">hi.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i'm blogging from our last day of vacation. where i should be packing & finishing up getting ready, but i find myself with an itty bitty sound asleep & everyone else out of the condo, so i'm sitting down to write.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">oh, how i've missed writing. i find it to be therapeutic, mostly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and i've found that lately, i've been trying to censor myself from being <i>entirely</i> open on this blog. and i don't like that. i AM an open book. it's just me. i like to tell it like it is in my life. the good, the bad, the funny & the ugly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">hence, the reason for turning it private.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but today, i'm feeling open.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so here i am.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we've been on vacation for a week. we brought tropical storm LEE into town with us. yesterday was our first day of beautiful sunshine. and funnily enough, it was cool & crisp outside. just like fall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i heart fall. especially after a very long & very very hot summer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i love the smells of fall. queso, football, texas chilli {YUM. that WILL be on my menu next week}, the state fair, pumpkin patch hay, crisp dewey morning walks, fire places & smores.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">yay! i can't wait.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">oh - and crotons. i LOVE crotons. can't wait to put one on my front porch next to a small pumpkin patch that i have planned in my mind this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">who knows if that will ACTUALLY happen. right? right.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">the good thing about being stuck in a tropical storm is the laziness of it all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">reading. watching football. eating. coloring in a coloring book for what seems like the first time in forever. napping. oh - and more eating.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i feel like it makes us slow down. when we SO need to slow down.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so for that i'm super thankful.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">in the spirit of being random, let me catch up on some pictures from before our vacay.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">recently, i've been so incredibly thankful for my sweet girlfriends. i'm blessed to have them. in every way, they are a very specific answer to prayer. each of them individually & collectively as a whole. they pray for me, encourage me, challenge me & speak truth in love. they send me scripture at the very moment i need it. they send notes in the mail. they send sweet nothing texts that speak volumes to me about their character & the kinds of friends they are.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i love them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the friday before vacation though, one of these dear friends had a birthday party for her daughter.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a luau. {is that even how you spell it?}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we had a lot of fun, ate way too many cupcakes & made a huge mess between the itty bitties & the 'big' kids.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">but that's the point of a birthday party, right?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i so often feel sad for b. when he's the only boy of the big kids. but he eats. it. up. can you tell?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HGZ8gCu09AUvyamlK4Ds7gTSCR_PHR66BzNq8kwr_5OSPUmER0Re4Hb8r7U4jFlF9dzMDBNLP08AhcZ6qfFby0tgKi27RBFruiMy02n0h0FS-lViUayCxWOLTDKJ_e_Qg9uU/s1600/IMG_2214.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>thanks, harper! we had fun celebrating you, sweet girl.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">so there it is. my random thoughts this morning. and little bit of procrastination on my part.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">oh - and before i leave, i want to share an awesome & powerful excerpt of scripture that i've been clinging to these past few days. the Lord has been teaching me more than my fair share lately - some i'm very thankful for - and some i want to turn my eyes from because He is showing me {very clearly, i might add} my ugly side. yuck. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but i love this. i <i>rest</i> in this. {or i <i>try</i> to}. and i hope you will, too, today.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"do you not know? have you not heard? the Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does <b>NOT</b> become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. <b>He</b> gives strength to the weary, and to him who lacks might <b>He</b> increases power. though youths grow weary & tired, and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet <b>those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength</b>; they will mount up with wings like eagles, the will run & not get tired, they will walk & not become weary."</div><div style="text-align: center;">isaiah 40:28-31</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i don't know about you, but there are many days as a wife, a mommy, a friend that i feel like i cannot do it. i don't have the strength to do what i need to do. or be who i want to be. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but HE does.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">that's the beauty of it. that's the point.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">that if we are going to get through the day in one piece, as a whole, and still have some room left over for our husbands and ourselves, it will be a miracle. and it will be HIS strength, not ours. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">our lives are to POINT to Him. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">that's a challenge for me. a huge one. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's one that i'll be wrestling with for the rest of my life. but i'm ready. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and i'm done with my sermon for today.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">love you all for sticking with me & reading until the end. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy wednesday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>PS - remember that i'm <a href="http://leachlife.blogspot.com/2011/09/private-again.html">turning this blog to private</a> on<b> monday, september 12. </b>please email me or leave me a comment below with your email address if you want to be added to the list!</i> <i>{disregard if you've already let me know!}</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-78443346439448616272011-09-03T10:32:00.000-05:002011-09-03T10:32:14.177-05:00private. {again}.good morning, lovelies.<br />
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how have you been?<br />
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yes, i've been absent lately. due to crazy, unpredictable life! isn't that the case for everyone?<br />
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nevertheless, i haven't been able to clear my head & thoughts long enough to sit down & write what i would call a 'cohesive' post! so here i am, getting STRAIGHT to the point. <br />
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jeff & i have been praying about this for some time, and in the best interest of our family, we've decided <b>to make THIS blog private. </b><br />
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'<i><b>THIS</b> blog</i>', you say?<br />
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yes! <b>THIS</b> blog.<br />
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that means, i will continue to chronicle & document my family and our daily goings-on here. but, it is my intention to start a <i>new blog </i>that will house my project life/crafty/DIY/yummy goodness sort of stuff. the way i invision it, it will probably keep some clippings of our family stuff & personal thoughts - just in a different way.<br />
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<b>i will have more details in the coming week, but if you would like to be on the reader 'list' for this blog, </b><b>please leave a comment below with your email address!!!! </b><br />
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<u><b>we will turn the blog to private on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. </b></u><br />
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i hope y'all are having a <i>WONDERFUL</i> weekend! <u><b></b></u><br />
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<b><i>'sic em!</i></b><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-18155639256177214472011-08-25T10:45:00.000-05:002011-08-25T10:45:35.442-05:00top golf.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-sxqn0X6na1t_D98wB9k50q_3trAZCW6q2kqhEtLbv6PeHlnks2XQaLzAeUcKTELtQz2moSuq21O7xSKkbPCBWDDsgWC2UI4pmM9Nm9xqHLRwaV5tlplvhIHTo7-Soy5j4Yq/s1600/IMG_2055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-sxqn0X6na1t_D98wB9k50q_3trAZCW6q2kqhEtLbv6PeHlnks2XQaLzAeUcKTELtQz2moSuq21O7xSKkbPCBWDDsgWC2UI4pmM9Nm9xqHLRwaV5tlplvhIHTo7-Soy5j4Yq/s640/IMG_2055.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">monday night, i packed up the kids and headed to top golf up in dallas. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">it was a celebration for my dad's brithday. {big daddy}.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it was super fun.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">even for charlotte!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">they had misters and fans blowing and everything. {her cheeks are still rosy - she's just cute like that.}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">my mom used to golf a fair amount when we were younger.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">she came from golfers. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">my grandmother {megaw} has made three hole-in-ones in her life. pretty cool.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">my grandaddy {MY big daddy} has made two. she's got him beat. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">my brother has made one. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">well, he thinks ALL sports are awesome. and i can't tell you how many sets of golf clubs we have floating around our house & our yard.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">so - top golf is basically a glorified driving range. {since i know a ton about golf and everything...}</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it keeps score. {i guess a normal golfing range doesn't?}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">they have golf clubs there. or you can bring your own.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">all the real golfers {like my hubby} brought their own.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">my mom, my sister & i shared. {and my sweet cousin kendall shared one of her "real" golf clubs with me. she's REAL good.} </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">charlotte ate & sat. loving every minute of the attention {and food}. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DjrF5bHRYFLJyefYkGihYRpE4uImt8GAyF-0wJqwbNRD8C81SKHEmod_5TggDDLA5HMXfm71zx6csazJOtVIhE9lE5RZtrT6O4K1OWle12M7a8VC13fNSQ4RtqrG1Nu64wtT/s1600/IMG_2091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DjrF5bHRYFLJyefYkGihYRpE4uImt8GAyF-0wJqwbNRD8C81SKHEmod_5TggDDLA5HMXfm71zx6csazJOtVIhE9lE5RZtrT6O4K1OWle12M7a8VC13fNSQ4RtqrG1Nu64wtT/s640/IMG_2091.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">can you tell that i really know what i'm doing?? {can you hear my sarcasm??} </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i played softball for TWELVE years. LONG years. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">and apparently it's affected my golf swing. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">gotta work on that. {or do i?}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">when i tried to keep my foot 'planted' {which is a NO-NO in softball} i totally missed the ball. but if i swung like i normally would - i'd go far. so - i stopped worrying about my form.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">don't let jeff's score fool you. he was going for power the first game. the second game he won by far. in the 100's. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">i keep telling myself <i>"the person with the LOWEST score wins golf, right???"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">on our way down there, brady and i talked a LOT about 'taking turns'.... and waiting patiently. and not throwing a temper tantrum while we waited.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">but this was great. these games were right behind where we were playing so he could run around while he waited for his turn. and, of course, it helped when uncle trent played too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">brady was playing all by himself, and trent said when he walked up to ask if he could play too, brady said, "i'm not doing so well, trent." </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">love my big boy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">on our way home brady told me that he liked to hit next to uncle cam. i felt bad because brady could be kind of distracting... "uncle cam! watch me hit! watch me!"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we made it until about 9. then charlotte started to melt so i took the littles home. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">jeff stayed and tried to hash out another game with the 'real' golfers. apparently my dad won. i know jeff was SUPER happy about that. haha!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">have you played top golf? i highly recommend it! there's a new one over in allen! jeff & i had said that our next date night we would go to that patrizio's & top golf. i hope that comes SOON!!!! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-85355434058533009062011-08-24T10:16:00.001-05:002011-08-25T09:31:18.865-05:00cake.<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red;">***UPDATE: check out stewart's comment below. apparently he was offended by my post, and felt the need to retaliate by posting pictures of his cake. he did resses pieces with nutella something awful in the middle. yup. who in the world likes chocolate in peanut butter?***</span></b></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGS4PY3saxV65fWjChzrbjj0PXCW5BAMLIgIvrl3FeH3pD-2eWdkGSECVu3Q0IJSk25mZSw4XZg6EeYiEb6Xf2-X113lm7oyZmZ9zhur7jxVIZAnwSZcmEUEYZoaLtylvniO_/s1600/IMG_1992.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGS4PY3saxV65fWjChzrbjj0PXCW5BAMLIgIvrl3FeH3pD-2eWdkGSECVu3Q0IJSk25mZSw4XZg6EeYiEb6Xf2-X113lm7oyZmZ9zhur7jxVIZAnwSZcmEUEYZoaLtylvniO_/s640/IMG_1992.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">friday afternoon jeff called me from work with a little 'challenge'.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">one of his coworkers challenged me to a cake contest. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">what? totally random. i have no idea how this even came up... especially since i'm not exactly the BEST baker... although i love to do it.... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">he sent me a picture and i said, 'absolutely!'</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was a nice break from the serious conversations taking place around here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">sunday night i got to baking. {just like me to put it off until the last minute, too...}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i made the melted ice cream cake from the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cake-Mix-Doctor-Anne-Byrn/dp/0761117199/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314198021&sr=8-1">cake mix doctor. </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it has given me success before... so i went with what i knew.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">for the ice cream, i chose ben & jerry's half baked ice cream. {not the yogurt version}. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">yummo. i was lucky to get the whole pint in the cake before i ate it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the recipe calls to make it a bundt cake... but i just split it up in two 9-inch pans. let it cool real good... and then went to town with the classic white icing. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSwAxEboNS6nERllqN4C-ZFhgOCRTgLFFU-9R0EPRsHKrhy44j9rh5_xeUvnXsKBDKsahnoBJZxNUSNADAfX1V6WAa0dthdtqWOn4GMLM_LUubPdSN75yNFpBLslIHcg24d95/s1600/IMG_1973.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSwAxEboNS6nERllqN4C-ZFhgOCRTgLFFU-9R0EPRsHKrhy44j9rh5_xeUvnXsKBDKsahnoBJZxNUSNADAfX1V6WAa0dthdtqWOn4GMLM_LUubPdSN75yNFpBLslIHcg24d95/s640/IMG_1973.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">mini m&m's in the middle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWa6reHBNLqCus0CxyCZVekMM0I4VIyYV9C8h8ZyGw2uASTa8ElOpF8KuC3AxrOrkeFu-VImoKK2oop4LpG8HI-AED-aHvmo__fbjT3iD9QQrjTqZ6sIqWr6VseTrsdHBqpnHV/s1600/IMG_1980.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWa6reHBNLqCus0CxyCZVekMM0I4VIyYV9C8h8ZyGw2uASTa8ElOpF8KuC3AxrOrkeFu-VImoKK2oop4LpG8HI-AED-aHvmo__fbjT3iD9QQrjTqZ6sIqWr6VseTrsdHBqpnHV/s640/IMG_1980.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">then i <i>carefully</i> placed the m&m's on top. i had a <b>strategy</b>. jeff kept trying to help... but he wasn't doing it carefully enough. so he took pictures. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjKzJOWeb-hJEsuOGxgO0P7nfz4_PMT1-mqx3HJBH4g5TZQOzEKvz-tMPQZPofsGMY8_lFz_D4aFufZniPXlYZDFP046G3LZenno442vVH7c28xUqhYg6EZoZUdwN4g4OQ28B/s1600/IMG_1986.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjKzJOWeb-hJEsuOGxgO0P7nfz4_PMT1-mqx3HJBH4g5TZQOzEKvz-tMPQZPofsGMY8_lFz_D4aFufZniPXlYZDFP046G3LZenno442vVH7c28xUqhYg6EZoZUdwN4g4OQ28B/s640/IMG_1986.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWmaBN2cpX_-2RC7vDxnOuzUKfGl4hJrrEhQdq3w-eP2jb5zJfQd_75cSNT44cUcC2QjQ6y_Gh8j3rNrYusnkdoL-GIfwXVnGDJYvRvFGq7clGHzHmmNpizAQyf9fQDVaTc2U/s1600/IMG_1983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWmaBN2cpX_-2RC7vDxnOuzUKfGl4hJrrEhQdq3w-eP2jb5zJfQd_75cSNT44cUcC2QjQ6y_Gh8j3rNrYusnkdoL-GIfwXVnGDJYvRvFGq7clGHzHmmNpizAQyf9fQDVaTc2U/s640/IMG_1983.JPG" width="426" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">then i put the kit kats on the outside. they were a bit of a problem because they were slightly soft {despite being in our house for two days...} and not broken exactly straight. {ahem....}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WBkM6HKvDLh7urFyH8y0P9o-MkwNzylv_B2agYxqUdzxmmJClH7-hKRiSaROjtVjTEBluKiLl4NdtHzfqXqgd1GZkqgBgrgVNHTR_-pzVGssGov4bWhlc4C0Kf0BlFLc9Te_/s1600/IMG_1988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WBkM6HKvDLh7urFyH8y0P9o-MkwNzylv_B2agYxqUdzxmmJClH7-hKRiSaROjtVjTEBluKiLl4NdtHzfqXqgd1GZkqgBgrgVNHTR_-pzVGssGov4bWhlc4C0Kf0BlFLc9Te_/s640/IMG_1988.JPG" width="426" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but it worked out fine. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">jeff added some m&m's next to each of the kit kats on the edge. {can you tell that HE did it? he didn't pay attention to varying the colors.... and that drove me NUTS!!!} </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yTaUPxH2WIzxO6n4vVuz7dN4Zhi6N-8LekqLJPVs1JPW_SuiIzNmFCKNijS-gg7iH_ROxTdRMrubC7hx8pYs5gVZ0DREq5d3xFCQKa01ARLLuZagDv9IHdO4Nsi4qP_6s_P8/s1600/IMG_1990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yTaUPxH2WIzxO6n4vVuz7dN4Zhi6N-8LekqLJPVs1JPW_SuiIzNmFCKNijS-gg7iH_ROxTdRMrubC7hx8pYs5gVZ0DREq5d3xFCQKa01ARLLuZagDv9IHdO4Nsi4qP_6s_P8/s640/IMG_1990.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">anyway.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was yummy. or so i'm told!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">jeff wisked it off to work before we cut into it. probably a good thing... or at least that's what i keep telling myself. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">{PS. i "won". not that everyone voted. but everyone ate it. i'm not trying to keep score or anything... but right now it's me-1/stewart-0}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-26557741249838051792011-08-22T09:15:00.001-05:002011-08-23T13:10:59.994-05:00project life explosion!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">okay, so i promised a <strong>MAJOR</strong> project life post.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and here it is. complete with almost 40 pictures!!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i wanted to show my 'process'. because people think that it's more complicated than it is. or that you have to have stuff out all the time or it is going to be a huge mess... or that you don't have room. or no time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>but you're wrong!</em> and i'm going to show you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">some people have asked about how 'expensive' this habit is. it's not. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">first thing's first. if you have no idea what project life is, WHO ARE YOU? i'm just kidding. if you seriously don't... it is a <a href="http://www.beckyhiggins.com/">product created by becky higgins</a> to make documenting your life EASY. and i mean EASY.... and creative and fun! i promise. she and her brilliant design team are already getting ready for next year - and i believe that her products will be posted sometime this fall {hooray!} and highly recommend her kits! until they are available though, you can <a href="http://leachlife.blogspot.com/2011/05/project-life-yes-you-can.html">go here and check out</a> what i recommend to get started NOW!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">okay - onto the good stuff.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">all of my <em>'supplies'</em> are kept in the box that my kit came in. it's the perfect size. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">today, i'm just going to share the most basic supplies that i use <em>every</em> week. and honestly, although it looks like i have a lot in this box, i really don't bring much more into it than what is below. i have stamps that i love - but i've gotten over trying to make it more complicated. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">if i have time for it, great. but most of the time i don't. so it's just the basics.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiov8Dsu0bfZswYnFdLl_4bm6j4LEM3icB96_v2I8eAdwzQVCp7VvniPrPKMsX0c1t5L5RVSTJ6ahxZVSxKhyphenhyphenKOzoomU5g-31vrhVSl8ukS9wPeoJZeiTB7Oo83j5oA1cCM7D3x/s1600/IMG_1997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiov8Dsu0bfZswYnFdLl_4bm6j4LEM3icB96_v2I8eAdwzQVCp7VvniPrPKMsX0c1t5L5RVSTJ6ahxZVSxKhyphenhyphenKOzoomU5g-31vrhVSl8ukS9wPeoJZeiTB7Oo83j5oA1cCM7D3x/s640/IMG_1997.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">here's my box, opened. i have a huge ziplock that i keep all of my essentials in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i currently have two 'mat stacks'. they are stacks of 4.5" x 6.5" sheets of paper. perfect for my behind my pictures. <em>{the picture pocket pages have slots for 4 4 x 6 pictures. i will go over why i need any paper at all in just a sec...}</em> i have a <strong>solid pack</strong> & a <strong>printed pack</strong>. both are from joann fabrics when they were 40% off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxQj2tgjn9LJqLTjYkjqI-niu2tzPI_9IJxxnKYJVLhgDHmL4Q0P76Tq8S3AlJg46UaG6KaGiiKoAZ_eA_y4XFIY9W4qRAGakljeJiJhQrPbz7mH2oui6Bam8b4uCQRUp2xpM/s1600/IMG_2001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxQj2tgjn9LJqLTjYkjqI-niu2tzPI_9IJxxnKYJVLhgDHmL4Q0P76Tq8S3AlJg46UaG6KaGiiKoAZ_eA_y4XFIY9W4qRAGakljeJiJhQrPbz7mH2oui6Bam8b4uCQRUp2xpM/s640/IMG_2001.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">my paper cutter. from target.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiamemNJ9sSs_kL7dk6Vt334jvQjh83SysaBXeKSBOl85qvTvdFVvKNKnrfMbtV4PBwREBNpA5-Uc-1fBGYtnCDYua8EWH-oJnaJmplhl3uC4Pi3Q4wa-htGJP8gtf690lCXVG/s1600/IMG_2002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiamemNJ9sSs_kL7dk6Vt334jvQjh83SysaBXeKSBOl85qvTvdFVvKNKnrfMbtV4PBwREBNpA5-Uc-1fBGYtnCDYua8EWH-oJnaJmplhl3uC4Pi3Q4wa-htGJP8gtf690lCXVG/s640/IMG_2002.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i use a mini stapler for most of my 'adhesive'. i got it at target, i believe. the only reason it's mini is because i bought it a long time ago when i didn't have any drawer space to put a full size one. <em>{besides anything that's 'mini' is cuter, right?}</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i also have this glue stick that i got from joann as well. it says 'restick' glue but whatever. i just picked the cheapest, biggest glue stick. i don't use this a ton. but i'll tell you about that in a bit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i LOVE LOVE LOVE these double sided sharpies. i got a three pack at office depot a while back when i was just getting started. <strong>be careful though</strong> - they have double sided ones that have chisel tips... and this is just the fine tip & broad tip.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i also just added a red sharpie to my collection. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is my corner rounder. nothing special - and i don't remember exactly where i got it from. one of the craft stores, i'm sure. but the corners match up great with the becky higgins pre-rounded stuff. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{side note: if you aren't using any of becky higgins paper products for your project, you really don't have to round the corners. i, personally, like the way it looks... but it's just a thought!}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuf8xLahMBwftdbr47S1HwZ88WxBsOIUq_XIYSlx2giULAoLjtp8XToTmr8kfivbJCybku_aoZtq9QubDtTr1M3oiOK6BcsuSJsULylk4t0ICpND6OX9s7XMWJwd5tUs_gRM6/s1600/IMG_2006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTuf8xLahMBwftdbr47S1HwZ88WxBsOIUq_XIYSlx2giULAoLjtp8XToTmr8kfivbJCybku_aoZtq9QubDtTr1M3oiOK6BcsuSJsULylk4t0ICpND6OX9s7XMWJwd5tUs_gRM6/s640/IMG_2006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">one of the first things i got when i started project life {before my hubby caved & bought me the kit for mother's day...} was a pack of 100 journaling cards that fit into the middle section of the picture pocket pages. i love the grid. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i, however, do not use these as much as i anticipated. i usually make my own from scrap paper i have OR i cut my pictures to fit in there. it's all personal preference. <em>i actually think she's out of these, but keep checking back, she's about to restock a TON of stuff!!</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">alright - this is my GO. TO. PAPER. i don't know if you can see it well, but it's 'kraft paper' cardstock. i got a pack of 25 from hobby lobby and i still have about half of it left. i use this every week & sometimes - exclusively for the week! i LOVE it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsovXht_NM5hWdafG6yfLDdY5mzMRBd7yl3pZGQ6txaQkVKJrME3ujvT3-injr8A_mZzEQpp-TaGivisAXIvcBla5q39-rZu4BAVpASbhmuimvLqxquOnt8tvI4WtMA01Roske/s1600/IMG_2008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsovXht_NM5hWdafG6yfLDdY5mzMRBd7yl3pZGQ6txaQkVKJrME3ujvT3-injr8A_mZzEQpp-TaGivisAXIvcBla5q39-rZu4BAVpASbhmuimvLqxquOnt8tvI4WtMA01Roske/s640/IMG_2008.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so this is what my layout looks like at first. the top left is a pre-cut card from my becky higgins project life kit, which i highly recommend to get next year. if you don't have the kit - you can always make your own 4 x 6 card and write the date on it - or even type it out! or put the date in the middle... it's UP TO YOU!! yay!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i begin with my pack of pictures. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i get them developed at my local wolf camera. on tuesdays & wednesdays they have a special on 3.5" x 5" pictures - they're 6 cents each. and the quality is better than what i've gotten anywhere else. {they also have a recent special on 5 x 7's on those days as well for 50 cents!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">a few answers to questions on this: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i get them that size simply because it's cheap. if i got them printed at a normal 4 x 6 size then i wouldn't even need the scrapbook paper to be behind them. they'd simply fit in the slots. it would eliminate a whole step... but i kind of like the color it adds to my page. but my best advice is to keep it simple - and maybe start out with the 4 x 6 pictures and see if you have time to add one more step in there...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">also. i tend to get all of the pictures i like from the week developed. not just enough for the page. there are a few reasons for this - one is because if i really like the pictures, i will create an insert with extra pics. two is that if they're generic pictures {like eating breakfast, going for a walk, etc...} i can save them for a week that i don't have a lot going on, or i've dropped the ball in taking pictures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>*gasp!!*</strong> "you don't always put it in the exact order it happens????"</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">nope. rules {or at least <em>these</em> rules...} are meant to be broken! make it work for you! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>my whole goal in this project is to "capture life as i know it" right now.</strong> and if my pics are off by a week or two... it doesn't matter. we're still doing the same thing, and when i look back at it when i'm in my rocking chair old & gray, i won't even question if something happend august 22nd or august 1st. i am NOT worried about it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i also tend to have a 'collection' of items from throughout the week. this one included the pottery barn catalog {which i didn't end up using} but i was going to talk about how all of the 'fall' stuff came out this week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l157YTeiWYHQeARfnRi_m1TfHXQ5DpIRI41qLuu2hbjgzf_KiQb3dB1TcJLJBFHNfYGoflhfMN03xhN9Qeq7FSBsEs1DBKb5MPGxU5M57CuB9ONk6mUcmaLnwnXtWBvjAfZK/s1600/IMG_2011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l157YTeiWYHQeARfnRi_m1TfHXQ5DpIRI41qLuu2hbjgzf_KiQb3dB1TcJLJBFHNfYGoflhfMN03xhN9Qeq7FSBsEs1DBKb5MPGxU5M57CuB9ONk6mUcmaLnwnXtWBvjAfZK/s640/IMG_2011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">first, i do a 'general' layout of what pics i want - to make sure i have enough to fill the space, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uBvrm9dIfHO1EQcqqyNHQREhEbLVrRxqLkDS_vgBRWX-RvgeAby62v_WcomBZ5KUPXOT_k3KzHU43KWNQcRBCmi2XSU0LcurqJUabj3e68LiO4snU6syqx3EQTnijMmNgKTh/s1600/IMG_2012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uBvrm9dIfHO1EQcqqyNHQREhEbLVrRxqLkDS_vgBRWX-RvgeAby62v_WcomBZ5KUPXOT_k3KzHU43KWNQcRBCmi2XSU0LcurqJUabj3e68LiO4snU6syqx3EQTnijMmNgKTh/s640/IMG_2012.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{i'm just laying it out on TOP of the page protectors - i'm not putting anything IN pockets yet}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">then i start cropping, if necessary.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i've found that if you're cutting pictures {or any items} to go in those middle slots - it's easiest to cut it slightly smaller than 3" x 4". {if you zoom in on my picture, you can see that's where it's marked...}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">after getting anything cropped that's necessary, i round all of my pictures.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then lay them back down to see what i have.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">then i pull out my mat stacks and crop a half-inch off of the long side & the short side to make it 4 x 6. and round these corners. {again - if you have 4 x 6 pictures already - you skip this step completely!}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcO8CAvlCSWUoSZP9BjqzVo4LBJiupUzVbsnlcuVeWWkjBKzD_8nWJUFdGu8cZvGHf4E6B9MnQ0Vi6etGGoU_ey6fh42wxcZ4gXqEBc_J9NlZ-kO3X8bYOk_wCa6D7GF0SHLmz/s1600/IMG_2020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcO8CAvlCSWUoSZP9BjqzVo4LBJiupUzVbsnlcuVeWWkjBKzD_8nWJUFdGu8cZvGHf4E6B9MnQ0Vi6etGGoU_ey6fh42wxcZ4gXqEBc_J9NlZ-kO3X8bYOk_wCa6D7GF0SHLmz/s640/IMG_2020.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">then i pull out my mini stapler and go to town stapling the pics onto the paper.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i tend to only use the glue stick if my paper is two-sided {all the becky higgins paper is} and i intend to use the other side on my next layout spread. {does that make sense?} i don't want the back of the staple showing on the other side of my paper...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">if i plan to journal a bit on one side, sometimes i'll move the picture off-center.... like i did here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxEmbg5d0XijRJLTJfsHEZbXoBZBH0kOyNEqXgpdL0wIXdUdQVQ6BHjjbFP5wBG-ucxeX7hyphenhyphenlrsh_u0DaByltK1YrJEUuaBdInGofXwZsoB8ZC-iWKbdwhYIv5rHKlBEd2h60/s1600/IMG_2022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxEmbg5d0XijRJLTJfsHEZbXoBZBH0kOyNEqXgpdL0wIXdUdQVQ6BHjjbFP5wBG-ucxeX7hyphenhyphenlrsh_u0DaByltK1YrJEUuaBdInGofXwZsoB8ZC-iWKbdwhYIv5rHKlBEd2h60/s640/IMG_2022.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so now this is what i have. {this time i go ahead and put them in their pockets.}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">sometimes i stop here. and come back to add the journaling part. but since i was taking pictures just for you - i just decided to go for it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7boGTjZdsh_KeDr5OdhGij-N7rPFZG2U_GLHVH08WLtN6lDPYeWOsUu5L8eTkyT8prfkHLKL5XoH8ROYz2_a2fehuJNwRaCym-VYC2KSJfwh5ptkM8DUTEN4hVZmAU1t7TD3v/s1600/IMG_2026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7boGTjZdsh_KeDr5OdhGij-N7rPFZG2U_GLHVH08WLtN6lDPYeWOsUu5L8eTkyT8prfkHLKL5XoH8ROYz2_a2fehuJNwRaCym-VYC2KSJfwh5ptkM8DUTEN4hVZmAU1t7TD3v/s640/IMG_2026.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i used a piece of brady's 'art' from this week and made a 3 x 4 card from it... then wrote on top of it about how we're experimenting with 'markers' at our house... and doing well, i might add. love those circles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9aL8qjrjBGZkIgWvMaJUhFkp0zR4iS32dEFOr_gZYu4zggt7u-vVJUtbOlaUCqGy0lY8eYyOrgDPpl54MbrAjJAdkg19Oq3doGilNoqytsWOA_YvT7uA5BHygqG2xXLRtqJD/s1600/IMG_2028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf9aL8qjrjBGZkIgWvMaJUhFkp0zR4iS32dEFOr_gZYu4zggt7u-vVJUtbOlaUCqGy0lY8eYyOrgDPpl54MbrAjJAdkg19Oq3doGilNoqytsWOA_YvT7uA5BHygqG2xXLRtqJD/s640/IMG_2028.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i also cut out a piece of my starbucks 'sleeve' and stapled it to a white grid journaling card.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnA7tunxhGs0if70uzcw8BwEQUeT5pK03BKzmDH5d1yXQgLjcoM_-nDilotPQXps7sIL-CwaXchOqyfF2ibnIl7VrUQxgDdxsGLVyWzyL4qsbLnnG0tSlhMV6mrwtRw2BBl3gR/s1600/IMG_2029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnA7tunxhGs0if70uzcw8BwEQUeT5pK03BKzmDH5d1yXQgLjcoM_-nDilotPQXps7sIL-CwaXchOqyfF2ibnIl7VrUQxgDdxsGLVyWzyL4qsbLnnG0tSlhMV6mrwtRw2BBl3gR/s640/IMG_2029.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">then i take my sharpie and start writing whatever comes to mind, really. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wUvp8tLVbk5xy0z_BK4fROSS-uh6mlqOMQWwY_sxuCXOxLmsVBeL2_WOR8JyTIdtqK7GtaFCLnbSMYKG7YQGTxST942QN1g5Q_4xLZ0L2FSlAyhpaNfYSlenpZvLs1kVVyHU/s1600/IMG_2031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4wUvp8tLVbk5xy0z_BK4fROSS-uh6mlqOMQWwY_sxuCXOxLmsVBeL2_WOR8JyTIdtqK7GtaFCLnbSMYKG7YQGTxST942QN1g5Q_4xLZ0L2FSlAyhpaNfYSlenpZvLs1kVVyHU/s640/IMG_2031.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i save my scrap paper... i've collected this over YEARS, i'd say... but i hate throwing away perfectly good paper. this is where i tend to get the scraps i staple onto my pictures!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWTE_dksh7uUtZrBMqusPLhJ4UK2KWCaElPL2QxPlrHdIqk1rzDVHe6xOub4FYLk-iex67WopKpnR9dl_aRt5-ZISL49Mq91rECPn0NADueevW4tVU9JTdygNYGEkeqjR7WoC/s1600/IMG_2038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVWTE_dksh7uUtZrBMqusPLhJ4UK2KWCaElPL2QxPlrHdIqk1rzDVHe6xOub4FYLk-iex67WopKpnR9dl_aRt5-ZISL49Mq91rECPn0NADueevW4tVU9JTdygNYGEkeqjR7WoC/s640/IMG_2038.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i really don't think about what paper looks best behind what picture. i find that the less "pre-planning" that goes into it, the better i like it. the only thing i pay attention to is trying to stay away from pink paper behind pictures of brady... that's for daddy's sake! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9LbtIXrSaSm5WoH5zoZsbFO1OEFd4CVys5F8fpfwUEt_KGCLKQC_4Dbd2P4G6WvL7bGmMAUOHS9S1yygzxkpRw1OeRQXHRAw5SAFMhTgjOdRB1-gAWh6taw_SJKY0lUpwxPM3/s1600/IMG_2040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9LbtIXrSaSm5WoH5zoZsbFO1OEFd4CVys5F8fpfwUEt_KGCLKQC_4Dbd2P4G6WvL7bGmMAUOHS9S1yygzxkpRw1OeRQXHRAw5SAFMhTgjOdRB1-gAWh6taw_SJKY0lUpwxPM3/s640/IMG_2040.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">sometimes i use scissors and cut my scraps out - and they're imperfect. just the way i like it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">sometimes i use my paper cutter - especially if i can't find my scissors at the exact moment i need them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and sometimes i round the corners of my scraps... it just depends on my mood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlbmg2xP4emjgOfg_oTtmdCBoeI_nDnZP9fmXOjZBvP12xVtTdgX7vZR0oHIEVCKDj95XbZTGvH0KJUVT-eLKIQe5JtxE_WLe_FHQJJqrVM1YvOGNqZrD96LZWy1a_CFqyJDg/s1600/IMG_2041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlbmg2xP4emjgOfg_oTtmdCBoeI_nDnZP9fmXOjZBvP12xVtTdgX7vZR0oHIEVCKDj95XbZTGvH0KJUVT-eLKIQe5JtxE_WLe_FHQJJqrVM1YvOGNqZrD96LZWy1a_CFqyJDg/s640/IMG_2041.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">and that's it! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">next week, i'm going to time it - for all of you naysayers out there!! i want you to know that it can take literally take you 10 minutes!! think about that! 10 minutes for a treasure you'll have forever!! and that your kids are going to LOVE to look at!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i know everything is digital these days, and don't get me wrong, i LOVE to blog... and love looking at blogs. but there's something awesome about having a hard copy... something about being able to pull out these pieces of 'art' and touch them, look at the real pictures & scraps of life. i love it. love. it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>{thank you terri for making me bite the bullet & start!!!}</em><br />
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i did not finish my HUGE project life post that i talked about yesterday.<br />
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boo.<br />
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due to a fun & lengthy phone conversation with my long distance, long lost friend during nap time. <br />
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love her. thankful for her sweet prayers for me & my family. and her ability to speak truth when i need to hear it.<br />
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so thankful for my sweet friends this week. i've needed <i>every</i> single one of them and am feeling beyond undeserving of them all. you know who you are. and i love you!<br />
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so......<br />
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hopefully i can get my post done during nap time. maybe. maybe not. maybe it will wait until monday. or tuesday. but the truth is that it doesn't really matter. <br />
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i've been learning recently how to prioritize. and to not worry about tomorrow. because today has enough worries of its own.<br />
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ain't that the truth?<br />
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i've been talking with the Lord a LOT this week. experiencing His presence & peace more than i ever have in my life. i'm thankful that our God is faithful. and true. and all knowing. and our provider. i find peace in the fact that He knows what is going to happen this afternoon. next week. in six months. He knows. He knows what decisions we will make, what mistakes will happen & what tragedies may occur.<br />
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and He uses it for HIS glory. all of it.<br />
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every mistake. every decision. every tragedy.<br />
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He promises this.<br />
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<blockquote>"Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God's Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don't know how or what to pray, it doesn't matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That's why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good." - romans 8:26-28, the message. </blockquote><br />
don't you find comfort in that? i read that this morning and tears started pouring out of my eyes. i felt like a weight was lifted off of my shoulders. <br />
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we may never know what the 'good' is that He promises.<br />
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but He does.<br />
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and that is all that matters. or it should be, anyway. <br />
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either way.<br />
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i pray that you experience this peace today. thank you for letting me share my faith with you today.<br />
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happy friday!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>stay tuned for a HUGE project life post - hopefully tomorrow. </b></i></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">the wednesday before we went on vacation, macie & kendra were in town for a little visit. we were so excited to play with them! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">now that charlotte is on the move - it's a little different going to the play area at the mall... she is all over the place. and although there were a TON of 'big kids' {who i'm sure were over the height limit} running around like crazy people, she was not phased. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">sweet macie. i can't believe all of her hair!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">trying to get macie, brady & pierce in a picture proved to be a challenge. we told them to hold hands...</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAztMKXj2EOwxtNNvcJzj5DD4h2OPgNFkizq1V8cYPCA7WQ01qqRdfnl6clLRUhhyphenhyphenpQfz3xy5ysz3q_YlNynieAoOKRoSwNK6KLa4xRTlUs5kLYp5lT-C-AcIyuOYZzcbyaiR/s1600/IMG_1286.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAztMKXj2EOwxtNNvcJzj5DD4h2OPgNFkizq1V8cYPCA7WQ01qqRdfnl6clLRUhhyphenhyphenpQfz3xy5ysz3q_YlNynieAoOKRoSwNK6KLa4xRTlUs5kLYp5lT-C-AcIyuOYZzcbyaiR/s640/IMG_1286.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and pierce wanted no part of it. macie & b didn't understand why. ha. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">brady was, of course, on his trusty horse. jo jo. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>we miss you macie & kendra. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but i am so challenged by kendra's outlook on their move to wisconsin. even though she's a thousand miles away from her dallas 'home' and hundreds of miles from her HOME home, she's got such a great attitude. she knows that every door opened for them to take this opportunity, and although it might not <i>exactly</i> feel like home yet, she's <i>choosing</i> to make it that way. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and i love her for it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and admire her for how supportive she is of her husband. it's honestly a challenge for me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we love you guys!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-80193485037567403942011-08-16T09:54:00.001-05:002011-08-30T20:06:57.789-05:00destin. part two.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHTFB1xG3dG4-I7qRE7y62zp-UhAMb75aMCZnH32aTDqCWGI2IVEcv3AFkodOrFHjIYMcTVbLSD90g3ZJ99hBxSouGBojiSOKSorCVvmXuBW2k9Ul4c0rzJc6Z7d7EKUEWxyw/s1600/IMG_1727.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigHTFB1xG3dG4-I7qRE7y62zp-UhAMb75aMCZnH32aTDqCWGI2IVEcv3AFkodOrFHjIYMcTVbLSD90g3ZJ99hBxSouGBojiSOKSorCVvmXuBW2k9Ul4c0rzJc6Z7d7EKUEWxyw/s640/IMG_1727.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the beach this year was amazing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we had so much more beach than last year - due to some 'rebuilding'. {actually there is a technical term for what they did - i just can't get the fog out of my head long enough to remember what it's really called...}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we sat next to the same people everyday on the beach.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the 'lsu crew'. they flew their tiger flag proudly. every day. in fact, the last day it was incredibly windy so they took extra precaution and got the drill the umbrella guy uses to dig the hole further in the ground.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the leader of the pack was lyle. <i>lyle style</i> is what they called him. it was very interesting being next to them. they could have been loud & obnoxious, if you get my drift... with 15 college-aged kids and three 'adult's {and use that term loosely} but they weren't. they were super fun... and just had a good time. and wanted everyone around them to have a good time too. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we loved it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">joanna & lyle had a special bond going on. hahaha... he always said "Jo-AANNNEEEE..."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">after our fancy dinner at the marlin grill... we walked around baytowne.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">if you ever visit destin - especially with littles in tow - i highly recommend it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">they had this little 'booth' on the 'sidewalk' {or is it a boardwalk?} that was sort of a music video thing... we could 'try' it for free... so we picked out our song and did it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKLLEehISLsG226SH19UkLtFpvP8sMt8Cj7uu0uroJsep2FQ53RRatMsplLSyGDifw-38_znKsk2IO0tl40AQexKjbOPpSBH4Sg0hgxs__FnGpT_DbMVOxkvkDmmK1VJwT_cn/s1600/IMG_1787.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjKLLEehISLsG226SH19UkLtFpvP8sMt8Cj7uu0uroJsep2FQ53RRatMsplLSyGDifw-38_znKsk2IO0tl40AQexKjbOPpSBH4Sg0hgxs__FnGpT_DbMVOxkvkDmmK1VJwT_cn/s640/IMG_1787.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i love jocelyn's face in the picture {below}. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">what song did we choose??? ummm. yeah. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>baby got back...</b> {we had selective memory of the lyrics, hence, jocelyn's face...}</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">almost every day a storm would blow through... or look like it was going to pass us by.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this day we misjudged the storm. we thought it would be a little shower... but instead it was a quick, but noteable downpour that pelted us as we sat on the beach. so we ran up to the pool deck to wait it out. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">not even 10 minutes later the sun was out and we were back in the water.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">little green ones.... and i mean they might as well have been minature. they were that tiny.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKMVwhyHdtoVoSCHGBFPrtx45hfDnkpuEua4ACLZoxRyHrMAB_m9ZPnP8n0ykJrlU04V7q19Mln1QSjLc4N9WQNOokhqI8TFJvHj4eqT7mEWSTqdGJTyUmecU0EFOagWGjM4X/s1600/IMG_1814.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKMVwhyHdtoVoSCHGBFPrtx45hfDnkpuEua4ACLZoxRyHrMAB_m9ZPnP8n0ykJrlU04V7q19Mln1QSjLc4N9WQNOokhqI8TFJvHj4eqT7mEWSTqdGJTyUmecU0EFOagWGjM4X/s640/IMG_1814.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy tuesday.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-9467261472106538862011-08-15T06:45:00.003-05:002011-08-30T20:08:08.013-05:00destin. part one.<div style="text-align: center;">we left at 9:00. 9:00 at night.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and drove through the night. in one car. all six of us. with a u-haul on the back. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i took a tylenol pm around 10 and was out until the sun came up around 6. it was the best car ride to destin ever. i don't know if it was the tylenol or the being smushed in the very back seat... but needless to say i wasn't near as grumpy as i normally am. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then - we stopped at the donut hole. yummmy. for a gigantic omelet. and coffee. glorious coffee....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we dropped off the u-haul.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">got groceries at target.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">checked in to our yet-to-be-ready house. so we left our luggage in the garage. changed into our swimsuits and hit the beach for a few hours before dinner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">for the first night we went to one of our FAVORITES. right on the beach.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we had an awesome table this year. right on the beachside. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the boys ate {is it technically <i>ate</i> when you don't even chew?} raw oysters. <b>yuck</b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and i scored big with my firecracker shrimp. perfectly cooked. <i>perfectly</i> spicy. perfect.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">as i've been going through my pictures this year, i have to say that i'm sort of disappointed that my camera was not attached to my hip this year. i didn't get as many candids as i normally do. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but it's okay - because i had a great time. i enjoyed my time. just sitting. not even reading, really. we spent a lot of time in the ocean this year. jumping the waves. playing frisbee. floating. avoiding the gigantic jellies. {that were actually few & far between...}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so i will choose not be disappointed in the amount of pictures. i will relish my memories... sappy? <b>yes</b>. reality. <b>yes</b>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i <i>heart</i> the beach. can't wait to take my littles in a few weeks. <i>love</i>.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-54440873848035438132011-08-12T09:16:00.000-05:002011-08-12T09:16:04.565-05:00i have a secret.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ihl3W-ww96nNpiW22NVp8OP4UjFsUe0-v4pF2eYnDnwnqvB5Yuc3pu_oTgsjJnOAmUjEFL7drEo87rFHCoL4eQvrbNZjYGvTnNYlMosFs8pbR2WAMHBUYC-vPQwTaBC0hwLI/s1600/IMG_1662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ihl3W-ww96nNpiW22NVp8OP4UjFsUe0-v4pF2eYnDnwnqvB5Yuc3pu_oTgsjJnOAmUjEFL7drEo87rFHCoL4eQvrbNZjYGvTnNYlMosFs8pbR2WAMHBUYC-vPQwTaBC0hwLI/s640/IMG_1662.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we've been on vacation!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">all week!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">with <a href="http://themccordfamily.blogspot.com/">this couple</a> & <a href="http://reynoldsthreadsofgrace.blogspot.com/">this couple</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it. was. fabulous.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">lots of resting. and surprise, surprise... NOT a lot of reading.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this year ended up looking a LOT different for me than previous years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but i'll talk about that later. when i get around to editing the pictures. {my most favorite part!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">right now, i'm getting ready for a shower for a sweet friend that we're having at our house tomorrow. there is lots on my list of things to do today - and here i sit, procrastinating. with my blog. my coffee. and zac brown on the today show.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">regardless... i'm slow moving this morning. slightly sunburnt. slightly sore from the drive yesterday and my eyes are still slightly crossed from finishing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Help-ebook/dp/B002YKOXB6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1313155844&sr=8-4">the help</a> yesterday in the car. {ah-mazing book... all 525 pages of it.}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so - instead of clearing my head & talking about our fun vacay, lyle style & amazing food.... i will share some pictures with you that i was completely head over heels about taking. this precious girl is a senior at pca & her mom, lisa has 'mentored' joanna & i for two years now. {do you have a mentor? do you even know what i'm talking about? i'm SO thankful to have lisa in my life to challenge my faith, my marriage & my mothering!! so UNBELIEVABLY thankful!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">anyway - camryn wanted some 'fun' pictures - and i offered to snap a few for her... being the <i><b>novice</b></i> photographer that i am. {which i made PERFECTLY clear!!!} i love how they turned out.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><i>***disclaimer: i am NOT pretending to be a professional photographer, nor am i <b>trying</b> to be. it is a hobby... and i enjoy it. that is all. i just wanted to share these with you because i think camryn is a beautiful gril inside & out - and i am so honored to have captured that on camera!***</i><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">i am SO excited to share project life with you this week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">not because my layout is that great... or anything i'm terribly excited about.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">in fact, i had to scramble to come up with some things for this week.... but it's all good. the heat is enough to talk about.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">oh yeah - see that pink piece of paper? it's a place holder for a picture from jeff's phone i need to get developed. so yes, i know it's there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxjvhiZWt1qRtz4J6QYDoEaODOVZUyZUODNAfUXcfxeibawYnSqERy_KHFI8m7UGM57N73MJihPBK2wR4TEDUScWsXPgrB9NpOMWDMjhlSSAVDAZIzgN1xkAPl76ygl9Inov5/s1600/IMG_1359.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxjvhiZWt1qRtz4J6QYDoEaODOVZUyZUODNAfUXcfxeibawYnSqERy_KHFI8m7UGM57N73MJihPBK2wR4TEDUScWsXPgrB9NpOMWDMjhlSSAVDAZIzgN1xkAPl76ygl9Inov5/s640/IMG_1359.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the reason i'm so excited is that i have a few success stories to share with you!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i know that you roll your eyes every thursday {or friday} when i post project life. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i know that you say "yeah, right it's that easy." or "she has too much time on her hands..." </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">BUT i also know that <em>secretly</em> YOU want to document your memories too. in a hard copy. something tangible. something to hold on to when you're 90. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but you're busy. girl, i get it! you have so much going on that you have no idea how you'd even get to the store to pick up your pictures much less <em>'scrapbook'</em>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and instead of telling you {yet again} how easy this is... and how it literally can take me 10 minutes to put a week together... i'm going to send you to some other places to listen. and be sure to listen... for <em>real</em> this time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">first, meet <a href="http://thedotsonfam.blogspot.com/2011/07/project-life-and-feeling-crafty.html">katie dotson</a>. a sorority sister of mine at baylor and a sister-in-law of one of my dear friends from church. {hi lindsay! we miss you!!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">she didn't know where to start.... since it was april when she first heard of project life. so... she decided to start at her son's {so cute, by the way} first birthday. And now her binders will be year-to-year that way!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thedotsonfam.blogspot.com/2011/07/project-life-and-feeling-crafty.html">go check her story out!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">next, there's amanda. another sorority sister of mine {who adopted the sweet puppy jeff bought for me one year and i decided it was too much...}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">she just started last week. after having ordered her suppplies a long time ago - she kept having second thoughts about getting started. {even though katie and i both told her not to!} but she came across a stack of pictures that she had ordered a while back and that jumpstarted the process for her! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">she pointed out that the BEST thing about the binder format is that you can go backward or forward however you'd like... nothing is 'glued down' so you can always go back and rearrange and add...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.2308312985909.219055.1191852240&type=1">check her out! </a>{it's on facebook so i don't know if everyonce can see...}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and lastly, there's jen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">oh, jen. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">she was my RA {is that even what you called it?} my freshman year at baylor in the dorm. we go to church together, although now we're in different classes, and we occasionally talk 'work' stuff. {she has the cutest shop at the frisco mercantile in frisco & at spice in waco... twisted simplicity. check them out on facebook!}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">anyway. she was also one of those that ordered her stuff & kept putting off doing it. if you read her post, she even had her pictures printed! {ummm... julie? does this sound familiar??}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">she has caught up on SIX MONTHS of pictures {yes SIX} in two nights. and she has two little girls... and owns three shops... in three different cities...so yeah.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://reiterfamily.blogspot.com/2011/08/project-life.html">check her out!!</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so. there you have it! THREE other people who are addicted as i am - and say it's as easy as i said it was!!! for real!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">if you've been living under a rock and have NO idea what project life is - it's a product created by <a href="http://www.beckyhiggins.com/">BECKY HIGGINS.</a> {she is a miracle worker, wouldn't you agree?} the kit that i got is sold out - <a href="http://www.beckyhiggins.com/products/">but she has updates on the upcoming products here.</a> and they sound AWESOME!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">if you want to get started - check out <a href="http://leachlife.blogspot.com/2011/05/project-life-yes-you-can.html">this post </a>for all of the information on making your own 'kit'. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">what are you waiting for??? {you know who i'm talking to....}get started!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-57188576646202985112011-08-03T15:06:00.000-05:002011-08-03T15:06:07.519-05:00saturdays.<div style="text-align: center;">i heart saturdays.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">they usually begin with "sleeping in". which normally means 7:30 - ish. and MOST of the time, the hubbs gets up with the kids {even though i realize that it's his weekend too... i promise} and i don't roll out of bed until around 8.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">the littles & the hubbs are usually upstairs still, watching mickey mouse or something fun. i silently fix a cup of coffee and take a few sips before going upstairs to say good morning.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">in general, jeff will either take b. to go get donuts OR go get donuts and bring them back for him.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">while c. takes her nap... the boys start mowing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">brady's favorite thing to do. he asks all week when it's time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">even when it's 105 degrees outside. at 9:00.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i love that brady wants to be just. like. jeff.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it makes my heart melt.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">how he watches him. <b>closely</b>. and tries to do everything he does. say everything he says.. <i>everything</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZVhi5PScxKXf6zTD5stmpt42Su4vcgdX37SkIk3IWsNDyCZhItjtSWt1oJuxRffDh4lcQi9ENeGJf0reuuj37bFZ5-1-Tz7rwYsmimWyY0BVRxFagumt0aL1cLY0qBSxGoqH/s1600/IMG_1202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZVhi5PScxKXf6zTD5stmpt42Su4vcgdX37SkIk3IWsNDyCZhItjtSWt1oJuxRffDh4lcQi9ENeGJf0reuuj37bFZ5-1-Tz7rwYsmimWyY0BVRxFagumt0aL1cLY0qBSxGoqH/s640/IMG_1202.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">i know that this puts <i>a lot</i> of pressure on jeff. to be a great example. {and sometimes, he uses this 'power' to get brady to say 'inappropriate' things... not bad necessarily... just things that i, as a mommy, would deem 'inappropriate'}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but what jeff <i>doesn</i>'t know, or - you could say - what i don't tell him enough, is that i <i>pray</i> that brady ends up <b>just</b> like him. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i pray that his heart is as big as jeff's. that he has jeff's passion. that he has his strength. and his character. his work ethic.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">oh yeah there's the stubborness and strong-willedness stuff too... but you know what? i think that's just fine. it's <i>that</i> fight that builds character, right?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">i am certainly blessed with my sweet boys. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-53057329505949018992011-08-02T20:42:00.000-05:002011-08-02T20:42:44.045-05:00making the bed.<div style="text-align: center;">we've taken the 'time off' this summer to focus on some household <i>items</i> with our bug.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">taking your plate to the sink... getting dressed by ourselves... saying 'yes ma'am' or 'no ma'am'... putting our dirty clothes in the 'hamper'... throwing our <i>own</i> trash away... <i>asking</i> to be excused instead of just getting down from the table... sitting on our <i>bottoms</i> in our seat... etc. etc. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">you know... manners stuff. that all three year olds are <i>dying</i> to learn, right?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and some things are a battle. some times i feel like an everlasting broken record. as in, i almost get tired of hearing myself saying it. or should i say i <b>do</b> get tired of hearing myself say it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but nevertheless, i want him to learn. i want him to respect authority. so i keep on. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">with, mostly, not much progress.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but on sunday, when jeff went to get him up from his naptime {that we are growing <i>very</i> close to dropping} he had already made his bed. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so sweet. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we went on and on about how proud we were of him for making his bed.</div><div style="text-align: center;">by himself.</div><div style="text-align: center;">without being <i>told</i> to.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">maybe. <i>just maybe.</i> he's listening. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
maybe.<i> just maybe.</i> i'm doing something right. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">those tangible things.... they go a long way for a tired mommy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so... about that '<i>made</i>' bed? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this is what it looked like. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>precious</b>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">you didn't think he really made it... <i>like for real</i>... right? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we <b><i>for sure</i></b> made him think that he did. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{and then we worked on pulling the covers extra tight.} </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">love that little guy to pieces!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-38254193097148261452011-08-01T14:41:00.000-05:002011-08-01T14:41:26.076-05:00lunch with daddy.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbCcEcDEnsi_rMXGgPlWb6636p123wdUL1bWwh5wTAXtDW9ylUtMWwDaVigETFztvPWBTHqvYyCTP7_ll3BnvvePqjSSis-Py9_AYU3YuNvmEI9PQc8b38O3jjxvgqSJXcKQm/s1600/IMG_1133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbCcEcDEnsi_rMXGgPlWb6636p123wdUL1bWwh5wTAXtDW9ylUtMWwDaVigETFztvPWBTHqvYyCTP7_ll3BnvvePqjSSis-Py9_AYU3YuNvmEI9PQc8b38O3jjxvgqSJXcKQm/s640/IMG_1133.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">one of the things on our <b>summer list</b> was '<i>go to work with daddy'</i>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and although that's not exactly how it happened, we did take some time on friday to visit daddy at work and take him to lunch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">brady had fun going from office to office saying 'hi' and giving high fives to j's coworkers. as soon as he'd say hi, he'd run out and try to go into the next office. luckily, it was friday at lunch time, so i think the break was welcomed, mostly. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">brady was <i>incredibly</i> serious about working. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">jeff had told him the night before that he really needed his help at work on friday... so brady wanted to make sure that he did everything daddy 'needed' him to do. when we told him it was time for lunch, he shook his head and very sternly told me, <i>"daddy needs my help for more work, mommy. no time to go."</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">precious. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and charlotte is moving FAST these days. jeff was showing someone how she crawls now and by the time he turned around she was all the way down the hall and in someone's office. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">love it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we went to tin star for lunch. and of course, it was crowded, so the hubbs had to wait in a long-ish line to order. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it was okay. we had angry birds to keep a hungry little boy occupied and a line of people flirting with lil' miss while they waited. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">we are so thankful for a hardworking daddy so that i am able to stay home with the littles. i know it doesn't always work out that way, and some days i think i'd rather go into the office, but when it boils down, i know that i am <i>very</i> <i>blessed</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">we love you, jeffrey.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-83358571125628762922011-07-29T09:38:00.000-05:002011-07-29T09:38:18.193-05:00project life.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjsE2s9blNYhDIeRwHBKeoa7f3MtjX8SvW5wS4U-N1XkwNm6lr-q7y6qPn_uWXBiofSu12RxGPQ4Hv7zLNZR31VcGmmNmvaQzk6KPe4GOx19uB5JggmKYOK7hy_UW3csZcYW5/s1600/IMG_1129.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjsE2s9blNYhDIeRwHBKeoa7f3MtjX8SvW5wS4U-N1XkwNm6lr-q7y6qPn_uWXBiofSu12RxGPQ4Hv7zLNZR31VcGmmNmvaQzk6KPe4GOx19uB5JggmKYOK7hy_UW3csZcYW5/s640/IMG_1129.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this week is an example of how simple your layout can be!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">many of the pictures in the middle are from my iPhone. </div><div style="text-align: center;">{and some are even extras from the week before or after... but you won't tell...}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">right?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i got done initially and hadn't written anything down and was going to be done with it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">but decided that i wanted to remember what was going on in some of the pictures so i went back and stapled scraps of paper on top. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">easy. peasy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">i love hearing of people starting this project and then they realize how TRULY easy it is. {ahem - katie & amanda!!} and their layouts are BEAUTIFUL. for reals. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so excited for them... because it's really become a special thing for me. i'm so excited that i'll have it for years & years to come and that we can look back on these years FONDLY. ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy friday to all. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">i am READY for the weekend. this week has been crazy. {fun crazy, but CRAZY!} yesterday afternoon i was ready to throw in the towel around 3:00. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but today, i'm thankful for the new and fresh feeling of the mornings. and thankful that i got up before the craziness began and was able to spend some time in QUIET. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>love that. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it helps me deal with the crazies when they get up and are raring to go. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">praying this heat doesn't get as hot as they are forecasting next week.<i> i'm about to melt!</i></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-37124205742292509762011-07-28T09:15:00.000-05:002011-07-28T09:15:49.478-05:00the meltdown.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcQihVteGQe9nhJeD9yG13kXkqlUQbHYxhB2VHg_TXpwsAC6XE9tKPpt2-yTmMeZoF9SmY2kM0nJDnIgzU5ECjuHeYyeuMkfhn1LiX8HS84GwJl79JmnmLBtY1mvElw5AdqR4/s1600/IMG_1011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcQihVteGQe9nhJeD9yG13kXkqlUQbHYxhB2VHg_TXpwsAC6XE9tKPpt2-yTmMeZoF9SmY2kM0nJDnIgzU5ECjuHeYyeuMkfhn1LiX8HS84GwJl79JmnmLBtY1mvElw5AdqR4/s640/IMG_1011.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">remember that colossal meltdown i mentioned last night? </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">well. it started like this. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">a bowl of <i>sugar</i>-<b>loaded</b> ice cream shared between my two main men. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">{i told the hubbs i need to get some new sprinkles. at least then it wouldn't <i>look</i> like so much pure sugar}. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">charlotte was working on some fruit for her dessert. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">my little muffin. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">i could just eat her up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i think she looks just like her daddy. especially her smile. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's maybe what i love <i>most</i> about her.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then the meltdown.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">and our precious bathtime.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then... when it was all said and done. we had some sweet moments with c. in her room. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> look at her posing. just like a little girl.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1kDUZS8GIOF5vVTYR7Xk3IDjZ-thZx80eYrSHNsXwEZ7yPFNYj2tLdhFUbxD6yS___AVQ-D40aogK93exCs7tvg28Uqqh8Dhj_VsFdho02wz-WocMHD-05oi393FpCk_3Xuk/s1600/IMG_1088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh1kDUZS8GIOF5vVTYR7Xk3IDjZ-thZx80eYrSHNsXwEZ7yPFNYj2tLdhFUbxD6yS___AVQ-D40aogK93exCs7tvg28Uqqh8Dhj_VsFdho02wz-WocMHD-05oi393FpCk_3Xuk/s640/IMG_1088.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">she's a squirmer. her legs have not. stopped. moving.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">ever since she started crawling.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">sweet picture. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">my fave.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">project life will return tomorrow. i haven't taken pictures yet. and we must get those pictures right!!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25014631.post-11985173340580822522011-07-27T07:46:00.005-05:002011-07-27T07:46:00.424-05:00all charlotte.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVJp1ARXZxLZrJ5gnqJo-YaN5jB78Z1HEt_a8U0CFKa9aL_eg21slgABkWYFkC284ynREz1pRQBcZJWqbOdgfV8swM610_yak576sCDe9WJj6hHSLjFPZgNEr8H4YHGjNt3aO/s1600/IMG_1026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVJp1ARXZxLZrJ5gnqJo-YaN5jB78Z1HEt_a8U0CFKa9aL_eg21slgABkWYFkC284ynREz1pRQBcZJWqbOdgfV8swM610_yak576sCDe9WJj6hHSLjFPZgNEr8H4YHGjNt3aO/s640/IMG_1026.JPG" width="640" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">last night, after a WONDERFUL no-fight, no-fuss dinner...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">we had a <b>colossal </b>meltdown.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">when it was time for bath & jammies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">ugh. ugh. ugh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this made for a world-record in quick bathtimes. and an early bed time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was a shame too... because we had a great day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">anyway. even though that was <i>yucky</i>....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it made for an extra special low-key bathtime with miss charlotte.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">her first big girl bath.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">by herself.... no one to take the toys from her. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">no one to pour water on her. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">she was in heaven.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">and so were we. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">love these sweet one on one moments with our lil' miss.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">they don't happen often enough.<br />
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{and just for fun - <a href="http://leachlife.blogspot.com/2008/11/bath-tub-in-black-and-white.html">here are some pictures</a> of brady when he was seven months old in the tub. so sweet.} </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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